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Roadside Bomb leaves 5 Soldiers dead in Southwestern Pakistan
January 14, 2024
Roadside Bomb leaves 5 Soldiers dead in Southwestern Pakistan
Authorities in Pakistan said Saturday that a roadside bomb exploded near a military convoy in southwestern Baluchistan province, killing at least five soldiers. An army statement said the deadly bombing occurred during a counterterrorism operation in the remote Kech district,…
Afghan women face healthcare access crisis under Taliban rule
January 13, 2024
Afghan women face healthcare access crisis under Taliban rule
“PassBlue” has recently reported on the lack of access for women to healthcare and its impact on increasing maternal mortality, KHaama Press revealed in its article. The non-profit media organization led by women stated that “In Afghanistan, women are dying…
Indian Government persists in restricting basic rights in disputed Kashmir in 2023, HRW says
January 13, 2024
Indian Government persists in restricting basic rights in disputed Kashmir in 2023, HRW says
New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that the Indian authorities continued to restrict free expression, peaceful assembly, and other rights in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir in 2023. According to Kashmir Media Service, the HRW in its…
Security forces kill 2 terrorists in Pakistan’s North Waziristan
January 13, 2024
Security forces kill 2 terrorists in Pakistan’s North Waziristan
Security forces on Friday killed two terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district, the military said in a statement. It said that the killed militants remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities in the area including…
Taliban continues to detain, lash young girls for allegedly violating hijab rules
January 11, 2024
Taliban continues to detain, lash young girls for allegedly violating hijab rules
Girls as young as 16 have been arrested across the Afghan capital, Kabul, in the past week for violating the Taliban’s hijab rules, The Guardian reported. The girls – who were detained in shopping centres, classes and street markets –…
Iraq: Analysis of aerial images may lead to new mass grave sites
January 11, 2024
Iraq: Analysis of aerial images may lead to new mass grave sites
With nine years into the Speicher Massacre committed by Daesh terrorists in 2014, the Mass Grave Department—an affiliate of the Martyrs Foundation—still expects to find new mass grave sites. In a statement followed by Shia Waves Agency, the head of…
Egypt: Two defendants sentenced to five years in murder of Shia preacher Hassan Shehata
January 11, 2024
Egypt: Two defendants sentenced to five years in murder of Shia preacher Hassan Shehata
The Second Terrorism Circuit of the Cairo Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced two defendants to five years in prison in a retrial in the case of the murder of the Shia preacher, the martyr Sheikh Hassan Shehata, Egyptian media outlets…
Terrorist attacks claim more lives in Pakistan ahead of election; 36 children die of pneumonia in 10 days
January 11, 2024
Terrorist attacks claim more lives in Pakistan ahead of election; 36 children die of pneumonia in 10 days
Five police officers and a civilian were killed on January 10 in separate attacks in Pakistan’s restive northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province bordering Afghanistan, local media reported. Two police officers were killed in an attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban in…
Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes northeastern Afghanistan, jolts parts of Pakistan, India
January 11, 2024
Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes northeastern Afghanistan, jolts parts of Pakistan, India
A powerful earthquake hit northeastern Afghanistan on Thursday, shaking buildings from the capital Kabul all the way to Islamabad and Delhi. The epicenter of the 6.4-magnitude earthquake was in Jurm district in the Afghan province of Badakhshan in the mountainous…
Azerbaijan added to US list of religious freedom offenders
January 10, 2024
Azerbaijan added to US list of religious freedom offenders
The US-based “Christian Today” newspaper revealed in a new report that Azerbaijan has been added on the US list of persecutors of religious freedom, including the persecution of members of the Shia and Armenian followers in the country and depriving…